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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a PagerDuty trigger and Slack action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New On-Call Rotation trigger
1. Connect your PagerDuty account
2. Optional- Select one or more Escalation Policies
3. Configure Interval to poll for new rotations
Configure the Set Channel Topic action
1. Connect your Slack account
2. Select a Channel
3. Configure Topic
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New On-Call Rotation on PagerDuty

Description:Emit new event each time a new user rotates onto an on-call rotation

Version:0.1.1

Key:pagerduty-new-oncall-rotation

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PagerDuty Overview#

The PagerDuty API offers a powerful interface to automate your digital operations management. By leveraging its capabilities on Pipedream, you can create workflows that respond to incidents, automate alerts, and synchronize incident data across various platforms. PagerDuty's API enables you to manage services, teams, and incidents, ensuring that your systems remain operational and that the right people are notified at the right time.

Trigger Code#

import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import differenceBy from "lodash.differenceby";
import pagerduty from "../../pagerduty.app.mjs";
import common from "../common.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "pagerduty-new-oncall-rotation",
  name: "New On-Call Rotation",
  version: "0.1.1",
  description: "Emit new event each time a new user rotates onto an on-call rotation",
  type: "source",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    pagerduty,
    db: "$.service.db",
    escalationPoliciesIds: {
      type: "string[]",
      label: "Escalation Policies",
      description: "To filter your on-call rotations to specific escalation policies, select them here. **To listen for rotations across all escalation policies, leave this blank**.",
      propDefinition: [
        pagerduty,
        "escalationPolicyId",
      ],
    },
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      label: "Interval to poll for new rotations",
      description:
        "The PagerDuty API doesn't support webhook notifications for on-call rotations, so we must poll the API to check for these changes. Change this interval according to your needs.",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
  },
  async run() {
    // If the user didn't watch specific escalation policies,
    // iterate through all of the policies on the account
    const escalationPoliciesIds =
      this.escalationPoliciesIds?.length
        ? this.escalationPoliciesIds
        : await this.pagerduty.listEscalationPoliciesIds();

    // Since we can watch multiple escalation policies for rotations, we must
    // keep track of the last users who were on-call for a given policy.
    const oncallUsersByEscalationPolicy = this.getOncallUsersByEscalationPolicy() || {};

    for (const escalationPolicyId of escalationPoliciesIds) {
      // Multiple users can technically be on-call at the same time if the account
      // has multiple schedules attached to an escalation policy, so we must watch
      // for any new users in the list of on-call users who were not in the list of
      // users previously on-call. See
      // https://community.pagerduty.com/forum/t/how-do-i-add-more-than-one-person-on-call-for-a-schedule/751
      const oncallUsers = await this.pagerduty.listOncallUsers({
        params: {
          escalation_policy_ids: [
            escalationPolicyId,
          ],
        },
      });
      const previousUsersOncall = oncallUsersByEscalationPolicy[escalationPolicyId] || [];

      // Retrieve the list of users who were previously not on-call,
      // but now entered the rotation
      const newOncallUsers = differenceBy(
        oncallUsers,
        previousUsersOncall,
        "id",
      );

      oncallUsersByEscalationPolicy[escalationPolicyId] = oncallUsers;

      if (!newOncallUsers.length) {
        console.log(`No change to on-call users for escalation policy ${escalationPolicyId}`);
        continue;
      }

      // Include escalation policy metadata in emit
      const escalationPolicy =
        await this.pagerduty.getEscalationPolicy({
          escalationPolicyId,
        });

      newOncallUsers.forEach((user) => {
        this.$emit({
          user,
          escalationPolicy,
        }, {
          summary: `${user.summary} is now on-call for escalation policy ${escalationPolicy.name}`,
        });
      });
    }

    // Persist the new set of on-call users for the next run
    this.setOncallUsersByEscalationPolicy(oncallUsersByEscalationPolicy);
  },
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
PagerDuty	`pagerduty`	`app`	This component uses the PagerDuty app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
Escalation Policies	`escalationPoliciesIds`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Interval to poll for new rotations	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	The PagerDuty API doesn't support webhook notifications for on-call rotations, so we must poll the API to check for these changes. Change this interval according to your needs.

Trigger Authentication#

PagerDuty uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your PagerDuty account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into PagerDuty and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any PagerDuty API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

About PagerDuty#

Real-Time Operations and Incident Response

Action#

Set Channel Topic on Slack

Description:Set the topic on a selected channel. [See the documentation](https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.setTopic)

Version:0.0.20

Key:slack-set-channel-topic

View on GitHub

Slack Overview#

The Pipedream Slack app enables you to build event-driven workflows that interact with the Slack API. Once you authorize the Pipedream app's access to your workspace, you can use Pipedream workflows to perform common Slack actions or write your own code against the Slack API.

The Pipedream Slack app is not a typical app. You don't interact with it directly as a bot, and it doesn't add custom functionality to your workspace out of the box. It makes it easier to automate anything you'd typically use the Slack API for, using Pipedream workflows.

Automate posting updates to your team channels
Create a bot to answer common questions
Integrate with your existing tools and services
And much more!

Action Code#

import slack from "../../slack.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "slack-set-channel-topic",
  name: "Set Channel Topic",
  description: "Set the topic on a selected channel. [See the documentation](https://api.slack.com/methods/conversations.setTopic)",
  version: "0.0.20",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    slack,
    conversation: {
      propDefinition: [
        slack,
        "conversation",
      ],
    },
    topic: {
      propDefinition: [
        slack,
        "topic",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.slack.sdk().conversations.setTopic({
      channel: this.conversation,
      topic: this.topic,
    });
    $.export("$summary", `Successfully set topic for channel with ID ${this.conversation}`);
    return response;
  },
};

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Slack	`slack`	`app`	This component uses the Slack app.
Channel	`conversation`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Topic	`topic`	`string`	Text of the new channel topic.

Action Authentication#

Slack uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Slack account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Slack and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Slack API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

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About Slack#

Slack is a channel-based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work — all within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

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